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Determination of choline in erythrocytes using high-resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: Comparison with a choline oxidase method

✍ Scribed by Georg R. Beilharz; Carl R. Middlehurst; Philip W. Kuchel; Glenn E. Hunt; Gordon F.S. Johnson


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1984
Tongue
English
Weight
426 KB
Volume
137
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-2697

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✦ Synopsis


Detailed operating conditions are reported for the determination of choline in human erythrocytes using proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in conjunction with the inversion-recovery spin-echo pulse sequence. The results of the NMR method were in excellent agreement with those obtained using an enzymatic (choline oxidase) assay; however, they were approximately three times higher than those reported using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry techniques. The differences may be partly due to the method of preparing or sampling cells since there is a distribution of choline in cells of different ages. However, choline levels were not affected by the methods used in the present study for storing or preparing cells.